Reprint of the earlier 1999 edition. 144 PP with 1 map, 1 sail plan of "Moshulu" and 147 b/w photos. Title spread: Taking in an upper topgallant. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing of the dust jacket, otherwise near fine. 24.2 x 24.2. "Moshulu" around the world: Belfast 18 October 1938. Spencer Gulf January to March 1939. Queenstown 10 June 1939.

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Title: LEARNING THE ROPES - An Apprentice in the Last of the Windjammers
Publisher: John Murray. London. .
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN 10: 0719556368
ISBN 13: 9780719556364
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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From the perspective of 60 years on Eric Newby looks back with characteristic humour to his young self and his days on board 'Moshulu' and pays tribute, with his photographs, to these magnificent ships and their crews. No one with a love of the sea or a sense of the past could fail to be moved and excited by them.

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